Occupation: Poet Birth: 522 Bc Death: 443 Bc
Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching..
Though God alone never tastes woe, Yet that man is happy, and poets sing of him, Who conquers with hand or swift foot And wins the greatest of pri….
He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration..
Men are the dreams of a shadow..
Water is the best of all things..
The race of gods and men is one, and from one mother we both draw our breath. Yet all the difference in our power holds us apart, so that man is noth….
There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent..
Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness..
Mankind is a dream of a shadow..
There is a mortal breed most full of futility. In contempt of what is at hand, they strain into the future, hunting impossibilities on the wings of i….
Every noble deed dieth, if suppressed in silence..
Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else..
To each thing belongs it's measure. Occasion is best to know..
Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed..
The forehead of every work must shine from afar..
Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth..
I will be small in small things, great among great..
In all things rest is sweet; there is sur feit even in honey, even in Aphrodite s lovely flowers..
To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve..